Violence! What causes it? Has it Increased/decreased over the past few years? I will try to answer these questions to the best that I can in the next few pages. One thing you must look at when dealing with violence is the nature of the crime. You can look at violent murders but not be able to compare them to other violent crimes because the nature of the crime is completely different. One may believe that violence in our society has not increased due to the population, this can be correct or it could be false. It all depends on what you are comparing it to. You can't compare a man killing his wife in a fit of rage to Timothy McVey, the Okalahoma city bomber because the natures of the crime are completely different. You cannot compare apples to oranges in a case like this. They have no similarities.

In a documentary called Bowling for Columbine, the director goes and tries to compare many of different crimes to violence. Yes all of his comparisons have violence in them, but none of them really relate. You can't compare a little girl who is 6 years old, being shot at school, to the worst high school shooting in US history. But you can compare the amount of violence in the world today to the amount of violence in the world yesterday. In do so; you might want to keep in mind the worlds population. With the increase of the population there is bound to be more violence. This is all based on statistics.

In the documentary Bowling for Columbine, the director goes on to compare the US violence to the Canadians. This is a very bad comparison if you ask me because you are comparing one culture to another. I am not saying that the Canadians are less violent; I am saying that this is a comparison of apples and oranges. All humanity is divided up into different cultures and beliefs, and to compare them to one another is would be ignorant. Yes you can compare them but not on actions. Why,...

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I’m here to talk about Michael Moore’s film ‘Bowling for Columbine’ and some of the techniques that are used in the film. Michael Moore uses persuasive film techniques to position the audience to accept his version of the truth. Some of the techniques used by Michael Moore to position the audience are editing, sequencing and music. He uses them by editing parts of the film to marginalize the NRA and gun owners. He sequences the film into a certain position to make the movie more effective and uses music to position the audience to feel a certain way.
In Michael Moore’s documentary, Bowling for Columbine, Moore uses the rhetorical technique of juxtaposition. By carefully placing specific clips either next to each other, or after one another, Moore is able to bring a clear argument to the viewer. The first example is when we see the NRA rally held just after the Columbine shootings. Charlton Heston is giving his persuasive and motivating speech, yelling the words, “from my cold dead hands,” while holding a rifle of course. Then the film quickly cuts to a scene of a Columbine victim’s father speaking out about his son and why he is protesting the NRA rally that Charlton Heston is in fact leading. Soon after, we cut back to the rally once again, with Heston still gripping that rifle and aggressively yelling. This back-and-forth...

...raising questions about gun control. After viewing the documentary Bowling for Columbine, I was intrigued. What follows is a summary of the documentary viewed and my thoughtful reaction. First, the shocking information and summary of school shootings and gun control must be understood.
Throughout the documentary, shocking information on school shootings is shown. On April 20, 1999, the town of Littleton, Colorado was changed forever by the violent acts of two students at Columbine High School. According to the documentary, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold started their morning off by bowling at a local bowling alley. Harris and Klebold then proceeded to the high school equipped with ammunition and guns legally purchased at Kmart. Along with the firearms and ammunition, Harris and Klebold were dressed in long, black trench coats, earning them the name, “Trench Coat Mafia”. Once at the school, pipe bombs were set-off, ensuing mass chaos. Harris and Klebold then fired over 900 rounds of ammunition on students and teachers, killing 12 students and 2 teachers followed by committing suicide. After ignoring pleas, the National Rifle Society (NRA) held a pro-gun rally in Littleton, Colorado a mere Ten days after the school shooting at Columbine. Charleston Heston, NRA President, caused quite a stir when asked to leave and take his guns with saying, “you can pry them from my cold dead...

...Bowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. 2002. Film.
Bowling for Columbine: An Analysis
Rehana Hasan
Emily Stull
GOVT 2301
Fall 2012
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The documentary Michael Moore has produced is addressing the notorious violence in the United States of America with regards to guns and violence. It also encompasses how the massacre in Columbine was able to be carried out while the teenaged boys involved in the incident should not have had access to guns. America has the most highest rates of homicide compared to other industrialized nations. Michael Moore is determined to explore the reasons as well as to draw conclusions of the unnecessary bloodshed that occurs in America. According to Moore, there doesn’t seem to be a clear reasoning of why other cultures that share similar lifestyles and violence issues as America do not suffer the equivalent carnage. There are facts that support that the U.S. has the highest number of gun-related killings on Earth.
While undergoing this process, Micheal Moore comes to know that the easy access to guns for anybody and everybody, the history of violence in the United States, and the reality of violent entertainment in addition to violent poverty do not give an explanation for violence; the reality is that these factors are prevalent worldwide but the statistics for annihilation in other countries are not even near the statistics for the United...

...Bowling for ColumbineBowling for Columbine has been written, directed, produced, and narrated by Michael Moore who has used a number of techniques to produce a piece of work about Americas fascination with guns and violence. This documentary discovers the reasons for the Columbine High School massacre along with further actions of violence in America. Moore emphasises on the background of gun violence and captures some of the communities’ views of the massacre and other associated problems.
This film demonstrates the horror and tragedy of the real life experience that people went through during the massacre of Columbine High School. He takes us through the Columbine High School security cameras reminding us of the foolishness, cruelty and general stupidity behind much of America’s fascination with guns.
The title “Bowling for Columbine” originates from the two students liable for the Columbine High School massacre, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The two students were present at the Bowling Club early that morning at 6:00 a.m as it was said that they had taken bowling class in place of physical education. Moore includes the idea of bowling as Michigan milita uses bowling pins as their target practice. He proposes ironically that bowling could have recreated this...

...BOWLING FOR COLOMBINE
MICHEAL MOORE DOCUMANTARY
There are many techniques that you can use to show in a documentary, facts about people, places and events and “Bowling for Columbine” is a documentary that shows all of those plus more.
Michael Moore has got a unique way of using all the techniques that you would see in a documentary to get his story and opinion across to the viewers. Usually in documentaries the producers are behind the camera and in the editing room but what makes Michael Moore’s documentaries different is that he puts himself, his charisma and his questions in front of the camera. Many of his documentaries have been criticized and have caused major controversy within the media because he dares to ask the hard questions and dares to go where no other documentary has gone before.
The documentary is heavily producer dominated. All throughout the program you see him manipulating things behind the scenes and he is the dominant narrator. There are scenes where action domination comes into play like when he used his camcorder in Kmart and the footage is all over the place but the tactic was very strategic and he had a reason for doing it like that.
It’s his persistence and confidence when interviewing people and asking questions that people might find interesting to watch. Interviewing is another important technique he uses a lot and depends on a lot to get his points across. He interviewed...

...What would drive two teenagers to comit such a horriffic tragedy as what happened at Columbine? In Bowling for Columbine director Michael Moore takes a look at gun violence in America and the causes behind such horriffic events that have led to Columbine.
In the film Michael Moore explores the question "What makes the US have the most gun deaths than the rest of the world?" By exploring this Moore and his viewers explore a variety of reasons, The strongest point made by Moore is that largely through the media the United States is a fear based society. Moore gives examples of this when showing the news from the US compaired to Canada and video clips of behind the scenes news reports showing the true feelings of those covering the news. At one point a reporter acts as though he is bothered by the tragic killing of a six year old girl but when the camera is off is only worried about how his hair looks.
Moore shows that through the fear induced by the media many Americans are desensitized to the vasy amounts of violence and gun related crimes and turning a blind eye towards a solution to it.
In the graph provided with this assignment we see that violent crimes have actually gone down year after year and yet every time we turn on the news we are assaulted with violent images and reports of gun violence. The media keeps gun deaths and violence first and foremost using the news, newspapers, magazines, talk...

...Bowling For Columbine
Essay
In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore’s documentary film he proposes that the availability of guns is directly influencing the increasing gun related incidents that are taking place in the U.S. Furthermore, he points out that the media is manipulating these killings to create a culture of fear. Moore uses narrative elements and film language to persuade us to embrace his proposal while being entertained.
The availability of guns in the U.S is causing ironic and horrible situations that are explored by Moore. Moore walks into a bank that provides all new account holders with a firearm. Shortly after receiving his firearm, he goes to a nearby barber and while getting his hair cut he purchases bullets for his recently received gun. This is an ironic situation as guns are usually used to hold up banks, yet this bank is supplying firearms to all accounts. Yet Moore manipulates our perception of the scene and that he received the gun on the same day while in reality he obtained it 6 months after a F.B.I screening. Moore is deceitful in his manipulation of the scene occurring around the bank.
The Columbine high school situation is another aftermath of the easy accessibility of guns. It shows how seniors leaving school have access to guns and this accessibility has the potential to create dire situations such as the Columbine Massacre. Even...

...General Bowling for Columbine Notes
SYNOPSIS:
The Academy Award winning documentary film “Bowling for Columbine” by Director Michael Moore attempts to find a reason for the Columbine High School, Colorado shootings and leads to an investigation into gun laws and gun violence. Through a series of interviews, stunts, cartoons, commentary and media pieces, we are left at the end of a blunt and revealing journey wanting the answers to the various moral and ethical questions raised. Moore travels across America and Canada to get a broad pool of opinion and not only takes the trip to find a reason for the gun violence in the first place, but he takes the long road by not blaming the usual suspects (video games, angry music, and a bloody history as a nation) and investigating other investigations. Moore reveals disturbing and frightening truths about the US’s gun possession statistics and gun related death figures. Moore shows his skill as a filmmaker in “Columbine” in his ability to keep the audience, not only attentive, but entertained also. Although the film is based around the tragic Columbine Massacre, Moore makes the best of a bad situation and tries (when appropriate) to make the film humorous and light hearted.
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The film delves into several truths about problems in America at the moment, for example crime, unemployment, violence, media and...

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